Vesicles have been prepared by mild sonication of a purified inner membrane fraction from rat liver mitochondria. Such vesicles demonstrate an energy-dependent net concentrative uptake of inorganic phosphate in the absence of added Na+, Ca’+, or ionophores. Phosphate uptake can be supported by a variety of substrates including /?-hydroxybutyrate, succinate, and ascorbate + tetramethylphenylened...

UNLABELLED Mechanical fatigue-related degeneration of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disc may be promoted by tractional forces. This study tested the hypotheses that tractional forces following static loading of the TMJ disc: (1) increase with compressive strain at the start of movement, and (2) are velocity-dependent during movement. Sixty-four porcine discs received a 10-N static load via ...

The GTPase Ras p21 is a crucial switch in cellular signal transduction. Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectra of the substrate guanosine triphosphate (GTP) show remarkable changes when it binds to the enzyme. The reduced band widths indicate that the flexible GTP molecule is guided by the protein into a preferred conformation. The delocalized phosphate vibrations of unbound GTP become local...

The article deals with the actual problem of reducing air pollution by internal combustion engines public transport in urban and suburban traffic through use battery trolleybuses for passenger transportation. A method is proposed calculating capacity batteries autonomous movement trolleybuses, which can be used to calculate required trolleybus on city bus routes partially passing under overhead...

The GTPase Ras p21 is a crucial switch in cellular signal transduction. FTIR spectra of the substrate guanosine triphosphate (GTP) show remarkable changes when it binds to the enzyme. The reduced band widths indicate that the flexible GTP molecule is guided by the protein into a preferred conformation. The delocalized phosphate vibrations of unbound GTP become localized. The frequency shifts sh...

Muscle fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase (FBPase), which catalyzes the hydrolysis of fructose-1,6-bisphosphate (F1,6BP) to fructose-6-phosphate (F6P) and inorganic phosphate, regulates glucose homeostasis by controlling glyconeogenic pathway. FBPase requires divalent cations, such as Mg2+, Mn2+, or Zn2+, for its catalytic activity; however, calcium ions inhibit muscle isoform interrupting movement lo...

objective: osteopontin (opn) has been proposed to play a role in bone resorption. with regard to bone and cementum/dentin structural and histological similarities, it was hy-pothesized that expression of this gene might be increased in resorptive lacunae during orthodontic tooth movement. materials and methods: fixed nickel-titanium closed coil springs (dentaurum ® ) capa-ble of delivering appr...